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DISTRIBUTERS FOR GRAIN-DRILLS.

Patented March 13,1877.

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Be it knownthat I, CHARLES E. PATRIG, of

Springfield, county of Olarke, State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Distributers forGrain Drills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of one of my improved dlstributers. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the adjustablegages.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts wherever used.

Myinvention relates to that class of seedingmachines employing what istermed a vertical force feed-that is to say, one in; which thedistributing or measuring channel is formed at the side of a-wheelmounted on a horizontal shaft, and between said wheel and its sidecasing-plate, and employing also anadjustable gage or tongue piecewithin said channel for regulating its size and capacity.

My improvement consists in a novel formation of the channel referred to,whereby it is made concave in form and converging or tapering from thegrain-box to the discharge-outlet,

the concave forming only a portion of the channel at said outlet, andadapted, by means of the adjustable gage, to be added, either wholly orin part, to, or to be cut off from, the

measuring-channel, for changing its form and capacity, and therebyadapting it, by the simple adjustment of the gage, to all the diiferentvarieties of grain and seed which it is required to operate upon, ashereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the flanged verticaldistributingwheel, and B B the side casing-plates, said parts, except indetails hereinafter described, being constructed and arranged orcombined in a man ner described in a former application. Thecasing-plateB between which and the flanged wheel the grain isdischarged, has'a concavity formed in its face adjacent to the wheel, atB extending from its upper end, where it is adapted, by flanges b b, tobe attached to the bottom of the grain box, to the dischargeontlet at a,converging between said points,

and forming a converging half-funnel, curving from the hopper anddownward in front of,

underneath, and to the rear of, the central shaft, by which the wheel Ais' rotated, as shown, said curved converging concavity forming, inconnection with the vertical face and peripherieal flange of the wheelA, the

' distributing-channel through which the grain outlet a, forming seatsfor the swinging end of a tapering gage, d, attached to and madeadjustable by means of a rock-shaft, D, journaled in the casing-plate B,as shown. The vertical wall 0, between the concavity B and the flange ofthe wheel A, is extended beyond what is required to form a seat for thetongue or gage, and when the said gage is adjusted or thrown downwardbelow said concavity, sufficient space is left between it and the flangeto permit the passage of the smaller grains, afl'ording ample room forthe further adjustment of the gage to adapt the channel thus formed tothe kind of grain and to the quantity to be distributed to the acre.

For adapting the channel to larger or lighter grain the gage is adjustedeither into the plane of or above the concavity into its seat 0, thusbringing said concavity, at its discharging end, either wholly or inpart, into the measuring-channel, as may be necessary to adapt saidchannel to the grain operated upon, the gage, in either case, formingthe upper wall of said channel at its discharging end.

.By the construction and arrangement described, it will be evident thatthe measuringchannel can be not only materially varied in size, but,also, that its form may be changed at its discharging end, thereby morefully adapting it to the size and kind'of grain to 'be operated upon.

The means for adjusti g, simultaneously,

the several gages in the series of distributors employed are describedin my former application referred to, and they'need not, therefore,

be further described here.

Having now described my'invention, what I clairn as new, and desire tosecure byLe'tchargingend, in combination with the adjustable gage d,arranged vand operating scribed. l 3. The combination, with thedistributer- ,wheel casing B having the concave converging portion B ofthe measuring-channel, as described, of, theadjustable gage 11, adaptedto vibrate across said concave portion of the channel, at itsdischarging end, substantially as and for the purpose-described.

CHARLES E. PATRIO. -Witnesses-= A. P. LINN (Doorman, T at O. F.YOKEY.

